Voice Thread- capture audio for online digital storytelling. THIS IS A MUST HAVE! This is one of the best tools for reaching the needs of all the learners in our classrooms, for all content areas from K-12. The pro version is free to K-12 educators. Make sure you watch the excellent tutorials to take advantage of all the features this tool has to offer.
Photo Peach - even easier than Photo Story and it's online so it doesn't matter what computer platform you are using. Import photos, write captions, add music, done! The spiral effect is cool. Watch the demo here. PhotoPeach for Educators.
Animoto - create fully customized videos of user-selected images and music almost instantaneously. The web application does all the work once you select your images and audio. EASYT This one is so cool! Animoto For Educators
Xtranormal- Text-to-Movie, especially powerful for students on the autism spectrum
Story Maker - create fairy tales, great for young students.
MagicStudio -Create interactive visual resources to reinforce instruction or to allow students to demonstrate what they know using web-based tools. Can also create quizzes and timelines. Watch the tour here.
Pikistrips.com - Easily create free photo trips, show pictures, FREE
Voice Thread- capture audio for online digital storytelling. THIS IS A MUST HAVE! This is one of the best tools for reaching the needs of all the learners in our classrooms, for all content areas from K-12. The pro version is free to K-12 educators. Make sure you watch the excellent tutorials to take advantage of all the features this tool has to offer.
Click the link for some examples to show you how other educators are using Voice Thread for Education.
Kerpoof - Make a Movie. Watch the tutorial here.
Photo Peach - even easier than Photo Story and it's online so it doesn't matter what computer platform you are using. Import photos, write captions, add music, done! The spiral effect is cool. Watch the demo here. PhotoPeach for Educators.
Animoto - create fully customized videos of user-selected images and music almost instantaneously. The web application does all the work once you select your images and audio. EASYT This one is so cool! Animoto For Educators
FotoBabble examples (Click the Play button to hear the audio):FotoBabble - create talking photos, EASY
Mixbook for Educators - easily create photo books (fee to print books)
ScrapBlog- Create online multimedia scrapbooks from your text, video, audio and photos
Storybird - collaborative storytelling
Xtranormal- Text-to-Movie, especially powerful for students on the autism spectrum
Story Maker - create fairy tales, great for young students.
Pikistrips.com - Easily create free photo trips, show pictures, FREE
Described and Captioned Media Program: free media loans (captioned and described) and advice and tools for captioning media